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| Oklahoma prisons chief aims to release some nonviolent offenders |
| By newsok.com- Graham Lee Brewer |
| Published: 07/26/2017 |
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Facing the challenges of a prison population that has been bloated for years, Oklahoma Department of Corrections officials say with no help from the state Legislature they are now considering options to "open the backdoor." The department is developing a program to allow a select group of nonviolent inmates to leave state prisons and finish their sentences in community supervision programs, administrators told the Oklahoma Board of Corrections Tuesday at its monthly meeting. “What we have not done in recent history is open the backdoor to any great degree," said Laura Pittman, director of population, programs and strategic planning. "What we're looking at is opening the back door with highly selected inmates.” Read More. |
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